ICE DANCE
Date of birth: 31.03.1987 Nelli ZHIGANSHINA
GER
Place of birth: Moscow RUS
Height: 165 cm
Home town: Oberstdorf
Profession: athlete
Hobbies: horse riding, dancing
Start sk. / Club: 1991 / EC Oberstdorf
Internet / Social Media contact: Facebook: Nelli Zhiganshina/Alexander Gazsi
Internet / Social Media contact (couple): www.nelli-alex.de, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nelli-Alex/247195778861
Former Partners Denis Bazdyrev (RUS)
Date of birth: 06.10.1984 Alexander GAZSI
GER
Place of birth: Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz)
Height: 182 cm
Home town: Oberstdorf
Profession: soldier, athlete
Hobbies: reading, sleeping
Start sk. / Club: 1988 / EC Oberstdorf
Internet / Social Media contact (couple): www.nelli-alex.de, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nelli-Alex/247195778861
Former Partners Mandy Kästner, Julia Novikov, Sandra Gissmann
Coach: Rostislav Sinicyn, Martin Skotnicky
Choreographer: Stephane Lambiel
Former Coach: Alexander Zhulin, O. Volkov, E. Kustarova, S. Alexeeva
Practice low season: 45 h / week at Oberstdorf
Practice high season: 30 h / week at Oberstdorf
Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2014/2015
Paso Doble: La Maza by Silvio Rodriguez
Flamenco: Ameksa by Taalbi Brothers
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2014/2015
Rothbart's Solo from "Swan Lake Reloaded" by Frederik Rydmans
Then There's Us from "Swan Lake Reloaded" by Frederik Rydmans
Don't Go from "Swan Lake Reloaded" by Frederik Rydmans
Rothbart's Solo from "Swan Lake Reloaded" by Frederik Rydmans
Personal Best Total Score154.2716.03.2013 World Championships 2013
Personal Best Score Short Dance62.2728.03.2014 ISU World Championships 2014
Personal Best Score Free Dance93.6816.03.2013 World Championships 2013
 
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Olympic Games
World Champ.
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Four Continents
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International CompetitionYearPlace
O. Nepela Memorial 2013 Bratislava 2013 5.
ISU GP Skate Canada International 2013 Saint John, NB 2013 6.
Volvo Cup 2013 Riga 2013 2.
ISU GP Trophee Bompard 2013 Paris 2013 4.
Internation CompetitionYearPlace
Nebelhorn Trophy 2014 Oberstdorf 2014 3.
Finlandia Trophy 2014 Espoo 2014 2.
ISU GP Skate Canada International 2014 Kelowna, B.C. 2014 5.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2014 Osaka 2014 4.
Zhiganshina/Gazsi teamed up in 2005. Gazsi went to Moscow looking for a new partner and eventually found Zhiganshina and stayed in Russia. The couple moved back to Germany for training in spring 2009. Zhiganshina competed with Denis Bazdyrev until 2004, representing Russia. She received German citizenship in November 2013. Her younger brother Ruslan is the 2012 World Junior Ice Dance Champion (with former partner Victoria Sinitsina), competing for Russia.
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